Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Morning Workouts
potty update
Friday, August 19, 2011
call me crazy
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
glimmer of potty training hope
difference in child care
I thought it would be eye opener for some people to see some of the difference between child care in the metro versus rural northern minnesota.
MetroMust put down deposit- 2 weeks
$150.00 a week, no free days
Pay every week, on a specific day
Must put money down to hold your spot, if child hasn't started yet
Rural Northern Minnesota
No deposit required
Can do drop in for $22.00 a day, 3 days (part time) a week $18.00/day, or 4 or 5 days (full time) a week $18.00/day
Pay every other Friday, or else when it's convenient for you
No money down, just pay when you start
Things that are the same:
Paperwork is the same
Praying that the care will be the same
Lots of toys and activities
Spends a lot of time outside
We have had good luck with child care provider thus far in life!!Wednesday, August 10, 2011
What were up too....
Everyday Audrey is amazing me by how much she is growing and changing. Her 8th tooth finally came through with the 9th one working it's way in. She has been sleeping great (12 hrs a night/ 2-3 hr nap). We think she must be doing some major growing with all the sleep she is doing. It suprises me how much she can comprehend. If you ask her, "should we go outside?" YAH, get's excited and runs to the door and waits. If you ask her if she wants to eat...she waddles fast to her high chair and hangs on it until you lift her up. She is defently not afraid and enjoys testing the limit. In our house we have a bay window, one day I looked to see what she was playing with and she was standing IN the window trying to wave at her dad, who was mowing the lawn...really audrey?
some days we will let audrey choose what she wants to eat for breakfast or snack. all of her food in the fridge is at her level, so she is able to point and grab what she wants. her favorite food that she will pick EVERYTIME we let her is...snack pack pudding! choclate, vanialla, or butterscotch.
another day we were riding bike and audrey was in her bike cart. she keep tryign to stand up and turn around, even with her seat belt on. I had told her about 8 times to sit down. she immeditally sits down and smiles at me. After the 8th time of asking her to sit down, i got off my bike and looked into her eyes and said "sit down" and pointed at her. She counteracted by pointing at me and saying a bunch of baby words. :) Stinker~
Audrey is very verbal at speaking, some baby word and some are even in the adult english language. She is walking very good, tips a lot whens he is tired. She still takes 2 bottles a day, morning and night.
Kenneth has been busy preparing for the school year, mostly working on things for cross country and basketball...things he can do now and not worry about this fall or during the school year. Ken makes me laugh....he is such a amazing husband and father. Everyday he suprises me about certain things...like how some nights he's in charge of putting audrey to bed, and when she wakes up...i find her in the same clothes from that day :)
delicious desert
*Spray pan with pam or else line it with wax paper to prevent sticking2nd- lay oreo cookies on top of the cookie dough3rd- make a package of brownies, spread on top of orero's. familie size for 11 by 9 or half a box for 8 by 8. Make at 375 degrees F for about 40 minutes. Test with the toothpick test. :)To eat: eat them warm, fresh from oven or heat in microwave then add ice cream....Delicious!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
jealous feeling
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Have you been trapped?
We've been trapped, fish trapped that is. Our family enjoys every single minute we spend at Fish Trap lake at Mark & Margs lake home. Words can't even do justice for how much we enjoy this weekend and how thankful we are for everything mark and marg put in to this weekend. It's the big and little things that make things so memorable.
Highlights from Fish Trap 2011
Turtle races
The race thing on the surf board, even Emily did an awesome job.
Ella & Hayden tubbing
The 12 team Bags tourney, the championship game will be played August 13th
Golf Scramble
Talks around the camp fire
The knights of the round table, topics included....public vs private school, bed times, giving kids pop, things you charish, advise from the elders (thanks jim and marvin).
Fishing competition
The fish fry
Having ribs for my first time
Lounging around
Volleyball Games
Scavanger Hunt!!! Girls totally kick butt
Thursday, August 4, 2011
House
This is the start of our house, no where near finished! This winter we will be pulling out 9 trees in our back yard. Next summer we will be taking our this fence and putting in a new fence.
Things I'd like to work on/fix up.
-Upstairs bathroom
-Add on to deck, or make another lower level that goes into a play area
-Fence/back yard
-Gutters
-Downstairs living room area. If we stay here for a long time and need more bedrooms we will add a 4th bedroom.
-New windows sometime....
-New kitchen table sometime...
-That is all for now :)